County road repairs and maintenance
Fitzpatrick warns that county engineers say available funds will not maintain roads at existing standards. Barrett notes allocations were only recently made and says the budget includes an additional £2.6 million for repairs and maintenance.
(Cavan-Monaghan): Is the Minister aware that some county engineers have publicly stated that the funds available this year will not enable them to maintain county roads at existing levels? Does the Minister not think that that is false economy?
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I find it very strange that they have gone to press on this matter because the allocations from the Road Fund were only made at the end of last week.
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(Cavan-Monaghan): The Minister knows perfectly well that I am talking about repairs to ordinary county roads that are used by ordinary humble people.